Weather Brains episode 45 is now on the server!

In this week's episode:

-December's cold start:  Alabama dips into the teens as the week begins, and as Jason Simpson and J. B. Elliott advise, more cold weather may be on the way by later in the week;

-Is snow a possibility for Christmas in Alabama?  Brian Peters says don't hold your breath;

-A challenging severe weather event:  Bill Murray on the November 30th Demopolis tornado;

-Winter Weather Awareness:  Brian covers valuable tips on staying prepared for winter storm conditions;

-Jason offers a weather lesson on radiational cooling;

-Bill looks at This Week in Weather History--Alabama's powerful winter storm from 1886...

Join Bill Murray, Jason Simpson, J. B. Elliott, Brian Peters and David Black...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 44 is now on the server!

In this week's episode:

-       A frigid outlook!  James Spann and J. B. Elliott talk about some of the coldest air of the season that may be heading for Alabama;

-       Possible but rare:  James, J. B. and Brian Peters discuss the chances of central Alabama getting snow in December;

-       A WeatherBrains Extra:  "Unlocking Martian Secrets" -- Mars is a cold, hostile environment of dust devils and geologic mysteries going back billions of years.  We talk with UAB Professor Emeritus Tom Wdowiak, one of 21 scientists who initially proposed landing instrument-equipped rovers on the surface of Mars;

-       Viewer e-mail:  James discusses the negative responses that come from television viewers and blog readers reacting to winter forecasts;

Join James Spann, J. B. Elliott, Brian Peters and David Black...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 43 is now on the server!

In this week's episode:

- Did people have to die during the November 16th Riegelwood, NC tornado? David Black talks with the National Weather Service Wilmington's Meteorologist-in-Charge about what could have saved lives;

- James Spann: It's not just our government leaders who are responsible for keeping us safe during severe weather;

- Relying on warning sirens during severe weather: James reveals what he would do with every siren if he had his way;

- Winter forecast challenges: Fifty miles can make a huge difference ... and J. B. Elliott talks about one snow forecast that didn't go quite right--and left him very unpopular;

- Listener e-mail box: Negative tilt troughs and television weather graphics systems;

- J. B. recalls the night the "Big Blue Goose" in Birmingham caused NWS computers in nearly half a dozen Southern cities to crash;

- Strictly personal: As Thanksgiving approaches, James, J.B. and David share some of the many reasons they have for giving thanks...

Join James Spann, J. B. Elliott, and David Black...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 42 is now on the server!

In this week's episode:

-  Looking back at StormAlert Xtreme:  By all accounts, a big success;

-  The human side of covering severe weather on television:  The special friend
James Spann made following a family's tragedy in the April,1998, Oak Grove
tornado;

-  The StormAlert Xtreme buzz:  The meteorologist the ladies were noticing;
-  WeatherBrains weather lesson:  Jason Simpson explains the 540
thickness line;

-  James Spann looks at Alabama's potential for severe weather later
in the week;

Join James Spann, J. B. Elliott, Brian Peters, Jason Simpson and David Black...


Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 41 is now on the server!

In this week's episode:

-  Counting down the days to one of the best chances all year to
learn about severe weather: StormAlert Xtreme, November 11th;

-  Forecaster's dilemma:  James Spann continues to try and figure out
which computer models are right about Alabama's mid-November weather;

-  Turning tragedy into action:  Indiana mother Kathryn Martin's
effort to enact a state law requiring weather radios in mobile homes;

-  We hear about a fabulous and not so well known spot for enjoying
fall colors;

-  Destressing with Nature:  North Alabama resident Rex Free talks
about his November 3rd Tennessee weekend getting away from it all;

Join James Spann, J. B. Elliott, Brian Peters and David Black...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 40 is now on the server!

In this week's episode:

- Getting ready for the start of Alabama's fall severe weather season;

- We look at one computer model's intriguing forecast scenario for Alabama -- could it be right, or totally wrong?

- The evolution of computer models in forecasting during recent years;

- Four and five day forecast accuracy: More reliable than a coin toss?

- The Monday in 1993 James Spann will never forget: When a computer model made an ominous prediction for what would happen in Alabama five days later--and it turned out to be right...

Join James Spann, J. B. Elliott, Brian Peters and David Black...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 39 is now on the server!

In this week's episode:

-Alabama's early autumn chill:  Sign of things to come?

-On shaky ground:  Alabaster resident Michelle Tatum and her husband were visiting Hawaii when the October 15th earthquake hit, but don't count on a description from them of what the tremor felt like;

-A WeatherBrains Extra:  Reaching For The Stars... We look at the major role Alabama is playing in America's return to manned deep space exploration, and concerns about the possible impact of fewer young Americans choosing scientific careers.  David Black talks with NASA's Steve Cook, who's overseeing design of the next generation of rockets that will take astronauts to the Moon and Mars;

-Spreading the beauty:  As fall colors in the South become more vivid, ABC 33/40 viewers are using the Internet to share pictures of nature's spectacular displays;

-Getting ready for StormAlert Xtreme November 11th:  James Spann and Brian Peters discuss a valuable opportunity coming up to learn how to spot dangerous weather...

Join James Spann, J. B. Elliott, Brian Peters and David Black...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 38 is now on the server!

In this week's episode:

-Taking an early peek at next month's weather:  James Spann shares his thoughts on Alabama's prospects for an active November;

 -A WeatherBrains Extra:  Dust in The Wind... University of Wisconsin researcher Amato Evan and his team have found compelling evidence of a possible relationship between dust in Africa and Atlantic tropical storms;

-The Atlantic 2006 hurricane season:  Is it over?

-Spann spins those hot stacks of wax:  James talks about his early years in radio and television broadcasting--would you believe he played vinyl discs called records on the radio, and that he drove to get the daily satellite pictures he showed on television?

Join James Spann, J. B. Elliott, Bill Murray and David Black...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 37 is now on the server!

In this week's episode:

-       Cooler weather coming!  James Spann looks at a definite taste of
fall ahead for Alabama, and he shares thoughts on the coming winter;

-       A WeatherBrains Extra:  Brian Peters takes us to Mount Washington,
New Hampshire, home of some of the most extreme weather on the planet, including the highest wind speed ever documented by surface recording equipment.  Brian talks with Scot Henley, Executive Director of the Mount Washington Observatory...

-       The Mt. Cheaha weather geek's annual picnic -- we get a report from
Brian Peters and J. B. Elliott, who were there;

Join James Spann, Brian Peters J. B. Elliott, Bill Murray and David Black...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

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Weather Brains episode 36 is now on the server!

In this week's episode:

- Colors of the Season -- We get reports on fall colors visible in Alabama at Mount Cheaha State Park from Robin Atkins, an employee at the park, and from James Spann, who attended a chili cook-off at the park September 30th, and we get an update on colors in Tennessee;

- October weather - We hear about some Alabama weather extremes during previous Octobers and the varied range of weather possible during the month;

- Getting ready for StormAlert XTREME: James and Brian Peters give us a preview of what's being planned for November 11th in Birmingham and why it will be such a great opportunity for members of the ABC 33/40 Skywatcher network and others;

- Time to change the names 'podcast' and 'Map Discussion?'

Join James Spann, Brian Peters and David Black...

Weather Brains is a weekly 30 minute podcast for people who love weather. You can listen to the podcast anywhere on an iPod or any other MP3 player, or on your computer.

To subscribe, go to the iTunes Music Store, and choose "Podcasts". In the search box, enter "Weather Brains". On the next page, on the "Weather Brains" line click on subscribe.

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